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Definitions

• the present invention relates to kahalalide compounds, and in particular to kahalalide F and related compounds, as well as a synthetic route for such compounds.
• Kahalalide F is a bioactive cyclic depsipeptide isolated from the sarcoglossan mollusc Elysia rufescens and its diet, the green alga Bryopsis sp. Kahalalide F was first isolated by Hamann and Scheuer, see Hamann, M. T.; Scheuer, P. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 5825-5826. In this publication, the absolute stereochemistry of individual valines (3 D-Val and 2 L-Val) and of threonines (L-Thr and D-allo-Thr) was not determined. In a later publication, Scheuer et al. (Goetz, G.; Yoshida, W. Y.; Scheuer, P. J. Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 7739-7746) assigned a position in the molecule for the 5 Val and the 2 Thr.
• Kahalalide F (I) is an exceedingly potent and rare marine-derived antitumour agent, though the absence of adequate quantities has slowed plans for clinical trials.
• kahalalide compounds are known, and for example we refer to Hamann, M. T., et al., J. Org. Chem., 1996, “Kahalalides: Bioactive Peptides from Marine Mollusk Elysia rufescens and its Algal Diet Bryopsis sp.”, vol. 61, pp. 6594-6660. As well as kahalalide F, this article gives structures for kahalalides A to E. Kahalalide K was reported in J Nat. Prod. 1999, 62, 1169, and kahalalide O was reported in J Nat Prod 2000, 63, 152.
• the cyclic kahalalides have a ring of amino acids, and a side chain which terminates in an acyl group.
• Kahalalides have a range of biological activities, notably antitumour and antituberculosis activity.
• the present invention provides mimics of natural kahalalides.
• the compounds may differ in one or more amino acids, and one or more components of the acyl side chain.
• the mimics of this invention have at least one of the following features to differentiate from a parent naturally occurring kahalalide:
• amino acid addition or omission can be in the cyclic ring or in the side chain.
• Examples of this invention are compounds related to kahalalide F, and having the formula:
• Aaa 1 , Aaa 2 , Aaa 3 , Aaa 4 , Aaa 6 , and Aaa 7 are independently ⁇ -amino acids of L or D configuration, if applies; wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 are each independently H or an organic group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and their substituted derivatives with an hydroxy group, a mercapto group, an amino group, a guanidino group, a halogen group; wherein X 1 is independently O, S, or N; wherein R 2 is, if applies, independently H or an organic group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group and an aralkyl group; wherein Aaa 5 is independently an amino acid of L or D configuration, if applies; wherein X 2 is independently an organic group selected from the group consisting of an alkenyl, an
• R 9 , R 10 , and R 11 are each independently H or an organic group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and their substituted derivatives with an hydroxy group, a mercapto group, an amino group, a guanidino group, a carboxyl group, a carboxamido group, a halogen group; R 9 and R 10 can form part of the same cycle; R 9 can confer S or R configuration, if applies, to the carbon attached to; and n is 0 to 6.
• the definitions of the amino acids can also be varied to allow for proline and analogous amino acids including hydroxyproline.
• the formulae (III), (IV) and (V) can be intermixed to give a side chain made up of repeat units in more than one of these formulae.
• one or more of the ring amino acids Aaa-6 and Aaa-5 of the hexamino acid cycle is omitted or an amino acid Aaa-7 is added between Aaa-6 and Aaa-1, in order to arrive at rings having four, five or seven ring amino acids.
• Six ring amino acids is preferred.
• the present invention is further directed to a synthetic process for the formation of Kahalalide F compounds and related structures.
• Aaa-1 is D-allo-Thr (X 1 ⁇ O, R 1 ⁇ CH 3 )
• Aaa-5 is Z-Dhb (X 2 ⁇ C ⁇ CHCH 3 with Z configuration)
• R 8 contains a hexapeptide derivative of the following formula (Formula VI):
• kahalalides are analogously related to the other kahalalides, and have amino acids and side chains in common with such compounds.
• a compound of this invention mimics a natural kahalalide, with modification, insertion or suppression at one or more points in the molecule.
• organic group means a hydrocarbon group that is classified as an aliphatic group, cyclic group, or combination of aliphatic and cyclic groups (e.g., aralkyl groups).
• aliphatic group means a saturated or unsaturated linear or branched hydrocarbon. This term is used to encompass alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl groups, for example.
• alkyl group means a saturated linear or branched hydrocarbon group including, for example, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, heptyl, dodecyl, octadecyl, amyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 2-methylbutyl, 5-methylhexyl, 9-methyl-3-decyl, and the like, particularly alkyl groups which have a single branched methyl group.
• the alkyl group is long and has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more typically 1 to 15 or 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or can be short and has 1 to 6 or 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
• the group R 11 is suited to the long carbon chains, and in general all the other alkyl groups are preferably short.
• alkenyl group means an unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon group with one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, such as a vinyl group.
• the alkenyl group has 2 to 8 or 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
• alkynyl group means an unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon group with one or more carbon-carbon triple bonds.
• the alkynyl group has 2 to 8 or 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
• cyclic group means a closed ring hydrocarbon group that is classified as an alicyclic group, aromatic group, or heterocyclic group.
• alicyclic group means a cyclic hydrocarbon group having properties resembling those of aliphatic groups, and is suitably a mono- or bi-cycle with 4 to 10 carbon atoms.
• aromatic group or aryl group means a mono- or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group, suitably a mono- or bi-cycle with 5 to 10 carbon atoms.
• heterocyclic group means a closed ring hydrocarbon in which one or more of the atoms in the ring is an element other than carbon (e.g., 1 to 3 of one or more of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, etc.), suitably a mono- or bi-cycle with 4 to 10 ring atoms.
• substitution is anticipated on the compounds of the present invention.
• group and “moiety” are used to differentiate between chemical species that allow for substitution or that may be substituted and those that do not allow or may not be so substituted.
• group when the term “group” is used to describe a chemical substituent, the described chemical material includes the unsubstituted group and that group with O, N, or S atoms, for example, in the chain as well as carbonyl group or other conventional substitution.
• alkyl group is intended to include not only pure open chain saturated hydrocarbon alkyl substituents, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isobutyl, and the like, but also alkyl substituents bearing further substituents known in the art, such as hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, carboxyl, carboxamido, halogen atoms, cyano, nitro, alkylsulfonyl, etc.
• alkyl group includes ether groups, haloalkyls, alcohols, thiols, carboxyl, amines, hydroxyalkyls, sulfoalkyls, etc. Haloalkyl groups are currently preferred.
• the phrase “alkyl moiety” is limited to the inclusion of only pure open chain saturated hydrocarbon alkyl substituents, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isobutyl, and the like.
• each of Aa 1 to Aa 6 with the adjacent respective —N— and —CO— represents an ⁇ or ⁇ amino acid, preferably an a amino acid
• X is a linking group of Aa 1 , preferably selected from amino, hydroxy or thiol, more preferably hydroxy
• R is a group optionally including one or more ⁇ or ⁇ amino acids, preferably ⁇ amino acids.
• —CO-Aa 6 -N— may be absent, possibly along with —CO-Aa 5 -N— also being absent, or alternatively a group —CO-Aa 7 -N— may be interposed between Aa 6 and Aa 1 .
• the amino acids can be of L or D configuration.
• the configuration is the same as the corresponding amino acid in a kahalalide comound especially kahalalide F.
• One or more of Aa 1 to Aa 7 preferably corresponds to an amino acid at the same position in a natural kahalalide, or a congener thereof.
• each amino acid is the same as in kahalalide F.
• Aa 1 is D-allo-Thr
• Aa 2 is D-allo-Ile
• Aa 3 is D-Val
• Aa 4 is Phe
• Aa 5 is Z-Dhb
• Aa 6 is L-Val.
• suitable congeners have substitute amino acids where the substitution is made having regard to the structure of the respective amino acid in the natural kahalalide such as kahalalide F.
• Substitutes for threonine include serine and other homologues as well as cysteine and homologues.
• Substitutes for isoleucine include other amino acids with nonpolar groups, including alanine, valine, leucine, and proline, as well as analogues and homologues.
• the showing of the nitrogen atoms —N— in the formula (A) does not exclude the possibility of ring formation such as occurs with proline.
• Substitutes for valine include isoleucine and the other amino acids with nonpolar groups, including analogues and homologues.
• Substitutes for phenylalanine include tryptophan and tyrosine.
• Substitutes for Dhb include other amino acids with such an alkenylidene substituent, including amino acids with C 3 or higher sidechains, as well as analogues and homologues.
• Aa 1 is of the formula:
• Raa 1 is a sidechain carrying the linking X.
• sidechains include alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, especially alkyl, more typically alkyl of 1 to 4, such as 2 carbon atoms. Branched alkyl is preferred.
• the linking group X is suitably oxygen, with Aa 1 being preferably derived from threonine, but sulphur, amino (unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl, aryl or aralkyl), and other linkers can be employed.
• the group X is the only polar group in Aa 1 .
• Aa 1 can be racemic, L or D, but is preferably in the D configuration.
• Aa 2 is of the formula:
• Raa 2 is a sidechain such as alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, especially alkyl, more typically alkyl of 1 to 5, such as 3 carbon atoms. Branched alkyl is preferred, as in isoleucine. Suitably there are no polar substituents in Aa 2 .
• Aa 2 can be racemic, L or D, but is preferably in the D configuration.
• Aa 3 is of the formula:
• Raa 3 is a sidechain such as alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, especially alkyl, more typically alkyl of 1 to 5 such as 3 carbon atoms. Branched alkyl is preferred, as in valine. Suitably there are no polar substituents in Aa 3 .
• Aa 3 can be racemic, L or D, but is preferably in the D configuration.
• Aa 4 is of the formula:
• Raa 4 is a sidechain such as alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, especially aralkyl, more typically aralkyl of 7 to 10 such as 7 carbon atoms. Benzyl is preferred, as in phenylalanine. Suitably there are no polar substituents in Aa 4 .
• Aa 4 can be racemic, L or D, but is preferably in the L configuration.
• Aa 5 is of the formula:
• Raa 5a and Raa 5b is each chosen from hydrogen, or a sidechain such as alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, especially alkyl, more typically alkyl of 1 to 4 such as 1 carbon atom.
• Preferably Raa 5a is hydrogen, giving a Z configuration as in the preferred a,b-didehydro-a-aminobutyric acid.
• Aa 5 can be racemic, L or D, but is preferably in the L configuration.
• Aa 6 is of the formula:
• Raa 6 is a sidechain such as alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, especially alkyl, more typically alkyl of 1 to 5 such as 3 carbon atoms. Branched alkyl is preferred, as in valine. Suitably there are no polar substituents in Aa 6 .
• Aa 6 can be racemic, L or D, but is preferably in the L configuration.
• amino acids Aa 1 to Aa 7 can be as defined for the groups Aaa-1 to Aaa-7 of formula (II).
• the side chain R comprises 5-MeHex-D-Val-L-Thr-L-Val-D-Val-D-Pro-L-Orn-D-allo-Ile, or a congener thereof, including analogues and homologues.
• congeners include those of the general formula (R t ) m -(amino acid) n -, with m+n non-zero, where R t represents a terminal group, suitably an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, heteroalkyl, alicyclic or other terminator, and -(amino acid) n - repersents an optional chain of amino acids.
• a terminal alkyl group suitably has 1 to 12 carbon atoms, more typically 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and may be substituted and is preferably branched.
• Examples include butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, and other alkyl groups bearing 1 or more methyl or ethyl or longer side groups preferably of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, especially 5-methylhexyl and other alkyl groups with branching distal to the point of attachment to the rest of the molecule.
• Suitable substituents include halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, carboxyl, carboxamido, cyano, nitro, alkylsulfonyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, arylalkylaxyl, heterocyclic, alicyclic, aryl, aralkyl and other groups mentioned herein. As appropriate, such substituents may bear further substituents, as for example a tolyl group. Halogen substituents are currently most preferred, especially 1 or more, such as 1 to 3, flourine atoms.
• Other terminal groups can be selected according to the guidance given in this text, and include alicyclic, aralkyl, aryl, heterocyclic or other groups, possibly with 1 or more, especially 1 to 3, susbtituents.
• the side chain R—CO—N— can have hydrogen or a substituent on the nitrogen, such as alkyl, aryl or aralkyl group.
• Suitable side chain congeners employ substitute amino acids chosen in accordnace with the principles given before, with alternatives to isoleucine, valine and threonine being selected as for these amino acids in the cyclic part of the molecule, and alternatives to ornithine inclluding lysine, histidine, arginine; alternatives to proline including alanine and other nonpolar amino acids such as glycine, isoleucine and the others previously mentioned.
• the chain R has 0 to 10, more preferably 4 to 8, such as 5, 6 or 7, especially 7, amino acid residues. Where there are more than seven amino acids, then the extra amino acids are preefrably naturally occuring amino acids, particularly those mentioned herein.
• Racemic or L or D amino acids can be used. Preferably where amino acids are present in the side chain R, then one or more of them is in the configuration given for the naturally occuring sidechain. Reading from the cylic hexapeptide, the amino acid residues are in the configuration DLDDLLD.
• the terminal alkyl group suitably has 1 to 12 carbon atoms, more typically 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and may be substituted and is preferably branched. Suitable substituents include halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, carboxyl, carboxamido, cyano, nitro, alkylsulfonyl and other groups mentioned herein. Halogen substituents are current most preferred.
• side chain R—CO—N— can be as defined for the side chain R 8 —NH—CHR 7 —CO—NH— in the compounds of formula (II), including compounds with mixtures of amino acids defined within formulae (III), (IV) and (V).
• Compounds of this invention have useful biological activity, including an antitumour activity.
• the present invention provides a method of treating any mammal, notably a human, affected by cancer which comprises administering to the affected individual a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof.
• the present invention also relates to pharmaceutical preparations, which contain as active ingredient a compound or compounds of the invention, as well as the processes for their preparation.
• compositions include any solid (tablets, pills, capsules, granules, etc.) or liquid (solutions, suspensions or emulsions) with suitable composition or oral, topical or parenteral administration, and they may contain the pure compound or in combination with any carrier or other pharmacologically active compounds. These compositions may need to be sterile when administered parenterally.
• Administration of the compounds or compositions of the present invention may be by any suitable method, such as intravenous infusion, oral preparations, intraperitoneal and intravenous administration.
• infusion times of up to 24 hours are used, more preferably 2-12 hours, with 2-6 hours most preferred. Short infusion times which allow treatment to be carried out without an overnight stay in hospital are especially desirable. However, infusion may be 12 to 24 hours or even longer if required. Infusion may be carried out at suitable intervals of say 2 to 4 weeks.
• Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention may be delivered by liposome or nanosphere encapsulation, in sustained release formulations or by other standard delivery means.
• the correct dosage of the compounds will vary according to the particular formulation, the mode of application, and the particular situs, host and tumour being treated. Other factors like age, body weight, sex, diet, time of administration, rate of excretion, condition of the host, drug combinations, reaction sensitivities and severity of the disease shall be taken into account. Administration can be carried out continuously or periodically within the maximum tolerated dose.
• the compounds and compositions of this invention may be used with other drugs to provide a combination therapy.
• the other drugs may form part of the same composition, or be provided as a separate composition for administration at the same time or a different time.
• the identity of the other drug is not particularly limited, and suitable candidates include:
• the present invention also extends to the compounds of the invention for use in a method of treatment, and to the use of the compounds in the preparation of a composition for treatment of cancer.
• Compounds of this invention are also expected to have antituberculosis activity.
• a process for preparing compounds of this invention including kahalalide F, which comprises ring closing between Aa 3 and Aa 4 .
• ring closing at this position gives a superior process.
• Ring closing can be preceded and/or followed by other modifications to the molecule, including forming or extending the side chain on Aa 1 , and/or removing protecting groups and/or modifying substituents on the amino acids.
• R′ is a group R—CO—or a precursor therefor, and where one or more of the amino acids may have protecting groups, and where the —COOH of Aa 3 and/or the —NH 2 of Aa 4 may optionally be protected, activated or derivatised.
• Such procedures using precursors or of protection, activation or derivatisation are in themselves entirely conventional, and further details are not needed to practice the process.
• the process of this invention can be carried out from starting materials in an enantio- and stereocontrolled and fast manner, taking advantages of the solid-phase synthetic methodology, where the molecule in construction is bounded to an insoluble support during all synthetic operations.
• excess of reagents and soluble by-products can be removed simply by washing the molecule-resin with suitable solvents. Large excesses of the soluble reagents can, therefore, be used in order to drive the reactions to completion in a short period of time, avoiding racemization (if applies) and other secondary reactions.
• the method is also amenable for automation.
• Kahalalide F (I) and derivatives and analogues are based in a solid-phase approach, see for example Lloyd-Williams, P., et al., Chemical Approaches to the Synthesis of Peptides and Proteins , CRC Press, Boca Raton (FL), 1997.
• protecting groups are not critical, and other choices are widely available.
• Bzl type groups can replace tBu/Boc; Boc instead of Fmoc; Fmoc instead of Alloc; Wang resin instead of chlorotrityl.
• Fmoc-Aaa 3 -OH was incorporated preferably to a chlorotrityl-polystyrene resin, see Barlos, K.; Gatos, D.; Schafer, W. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1991, 30, 590-593, in the presence of DIEA keeping the level of substitution of aprox. 0.15-0.5 mmol/g.
• the use of higher loadings brings the presence of terminated peptides in the final product, see Chiva, C.; Vilaseca, M.; Giralt, E.; Albericio, F. J. Pept. Sci. 1999, 5, 131-140.
• EDC/CuCl has been used by dehydration in solution of a residue of Thr in a fragment of Nisin. Fukase, K.; Kitazawa, M.; Sano, A.; Shimbo, K.; Horimoto, S.; Fujita, H.; Kubo, A.; Wakarniya, T.; Shibe, A. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1992, 65, 2227-2240.
• HATU-DIEA 5:10
• other coupling reagents based in HOBt such as HBTU or DIPCDI-HOBt, have led to incomplete incorporations of the dipeptide.
• Cyclization step was carried out with DIPCDI-HOBt (3:3 equiv) in CH2Cl2-DMF for 2 hrs.
• Other methods such as PyBOP/DIEA (3:6 equiv) in DMF can be also be used.
• DIEA, DIPCDI, EDC, Piperidine, TFA were from Aldrich (Milwaukee, Wis.).
• DMF and CH 2 Cl 2 were from SDS (Peypin, France).
• Acetonitrile (HPLC grade) was from Scharlau (Barcelona, Spain). All commercial reagents and solvents were used as received with exception of DMF and CH 2 Cl 2 , which were bubbled with nitrogen to remove volatile contaminants (DMF) and stored over activated 4 ⁇ molecular sieves (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) (DMF) or CaCl 2 (CH 2 Cl 2 ). Solution reactions were performed in round bottom flasks. Organic solvent extracts were dried over anhydrous MgSO 4 , followed by solvent removal at reduced pressures and ⁇ 40° C.
• Solid-phase synthesis were carried out in polypropylene syringes (20, 10 mL) fitted with a polyethylene porous disc. Solvents and soluble reagents were removed by suction. Removal of the Fmoc group was carried out with piperidine-DMF (2:8, v/v) (1 ⁇ 1 min, 3 ⁇ 5 min, 1 ⁇ 10 min). Washings between deprotection, coupling, and, again, deprotection steps were carried out with DMF (5 ⁇ 0.5 min) and CH 2 Cl 2 (5 ⁇ 0.5 min) using each time 10 mL solvent/g resin. Peptide synthesis transformations and washes were performed at 25° C.
• UV detection was at 220 nm, and linear gradients of CH 3 CN (+0.036% TFA) into H 2 O (+0.045% TFA) were run at 1.0 mL/min flow rate from: (Condition A) 1:9 to 10:0 over 30 min; (Condition B) 3:7 to 10:0 over 30 min; (Condition C) 1:19 to 19:1 over 30 min; (Condition D) 45:55 to 90:10 over 30 min; (Condition E) 45:55 to 6:4 over 30 min; (Condition F) isocratic 1:1; (Condition G) 3:7 to 1:0 over 30 min; (Condition H) 1:1 to 1:0 over 30 min.
• MALDI-TOF— and ES-MS analysis of peptide samples were performed in a PerSeptive Biosystems Voyager DE RP, using CHCA or DHB matrices, and in a Micromass VG-quattro spectrometer.
• Peptide-resin samples were hydrolyzed in 12 N aqueous HCl-propionic acid (1:1), at 155° C. for 1-3 h and peptide-free samples were hydrolyzed in 6 N aqueous HCl at 155° C. for 1 h.
• Subsequent amino acid analyses were performed on a Beckman System 6300 autoanalyzer.
• the Fmoc-D-Val-O-TrtCl-resin was subjected to the following washings/treatments with CH 2 Cl 2 (3 ⁇ 0.5 min), DMF (3 ⁇ 0.5 min), piperidine-CH 2 Cl 2 -DMF (1:9.5:9.5, 1 ⁇ 10 min), piperidine-DMF (1:4, 1 ⁇ 15 min), DMF (5 ⁇ 0.5 min), isopropanol (2 ⁇ 1 min), DMF (5 ⁇ 0.5 min), MeOH (2 ⁇ 1 min), and dried over vacuum.
• the loading as calculated by AAA was 0.15 mmol/g.
• Fmoc-D-allo-Ile-OH (265 mg, 0.75 mmol, 5 equiv), Fmoc-D-allo-Thr-OH (free hydroxy group) (256 mg, 0.75 mmol, 5 equiv), and Fmoc-D-allo-Ile-OH (265 mg, 0.75 mmol, 5 equiv) were added sequentially to the above obtained H-D-Val-O-TrtCl-resin using HATU (285 mg, 0.75 mmol, 5 equiv) and DIEA (261 mL, 1.5 mmol, 10 equiv) in DMF (2.5 mL). In all cases, after 90 min of coupling, the ninhydrin test was negative.
• the protected peptide (Example 6) (40.0 mg, 24 ⁇ mol) was dissolved in DMF (25 mL), and PyBOP (37.8 mg, 73 ⁇ mol, 3 equiv) and DIEA (25 mL, 145 ⁇ mol, 6 equiv) were added. The mixture was allowed to stir for 1 h, and then the solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure.
• the protected cyclic peptide was dissolved in TFA-H 2 O (19:1, 5 mL) and the mixture was allowed to stir for 1 h. The solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure, and then H 2 O (5 mL) was added and lyophilized.
• the crude product was purified by medium pressure chromatography (Vydac C 18 15-20 ⁇ m, 300 ⁇ , 240 ⁇ 24 mm), linear gradient from 20% to 60% of acetonitrile (+0.05% TFA) in water (+0.05% TFA) in 5 h (300 mL each solvent), 120 mL/h, detection at 220 nm, to give the title product (5.0 mg, 3.4 ⁇ mol, 14% yield).
• MALDI-TOF-MS calcd for C 75 H 124 N 14 O 16 , 1,477.9. Found: m/z 1,478.7 [M+H] + , 1,500.6 [M+Na] + , 1,516.5 [M+K] + .
• Example 7 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 7.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 17.4 min, Condition B) and ESMS, calcd for C 75 H 124 N 14 O 16 , 1,477.9. Found: m/z 1,501.3 [M+Na] + , 1,517.3 [M+K] + .
• H-Thr-OtBu-HCl (3.1 g, 15 mmol, 1.3 equiv) was dissolved in CH 2 Cl 2 (30 mL) and DIEA (2.9 mL, 17 mmol, 1.5 equiv) was added and the mixture allowed to stir for 30 min.
• Alloc-Phe-OH (2.8 g, 11 mmol, 1 equiv) and EDC (2.8 g, 15 mmol, 1.3 equiv) in CH 2 Cl 2 (35 mL) was then added and the reaction was stirred for 18 h.
• the organic reaction mixture was washed with H 2 O (3 ⁇ 25 mL), dried (MgSO 4 ) and concentrated in vacuo.
• Cl-TrtCl-resin (0.45 g, 1.35 mmol/g) was placed in a 10 mL polypropylene syringe fitted with a polyethylene filter disk.
• the peptidyl-resin was obtained following the same procedure described in Examples 1-3 except that in the coupling of the first aminoacid (Fmoc-D-Val-OH) to the resin 0.3 equiv instead of 0.2 equiv were used.
• the initial loading as calculated by AAA was 0.29 mmol/g.
• the peptidyl-resin was treated with Pd(PPh3) 4 (15.1 mg, 0.013 mmol, 0.1 equiv) in the presence of PhSiH3 (161 ⁇ L, 1.3 mmol, 10 equiv) under atmosphere of Ar, for removing the Alloc group.
• Alloc-Phe-ZDhb-OH (217 mg, 0.65 mmol, 5 equiv) and HATU (249 mg, 0.65 mmol, 5 equiv) were dissolved in DMF (1.25 mL) and added to peptidyl-resin, then DIEA (228 ⁇ L, 1.3 mmol, 10 equiv) was added and the mixture stirred overnight.
• the protected peptide (Example 13) (38.5 mg, 23 ⁇ mol) was dissolved in DMF (25 mL), and PyBOP (36.4 mg, 70 ⁇ mol, 3 equiv) and DIEA (24 mL, 140 ⁇ mol, 6 equiv) were added. The mixture was allowed to stirr for 1 h, and then the solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure.
• the protected cyclic peptide was dissolved in TFA-H 2 O (19:1, 5 mL) and the mixture was allowed to stir for 1 h. The solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure, and then H 2 O (5 mL) was added and lyophilized.
• the crude product was purified as described in Example 7 to give the title product (3.6 mg, 2.4 ⁇ mol, 10% yield), which was identical to the one obtained in Example 7.
• Example 3 Fmoc-Val-OH was incorporated to D-Pro-peptidyl-resin and then after removal of the Fmoc group, the Fmoc-D-Val-OH was incorporated.
• the final loading as calculated by AAA was 0.106 mmo/g (87% overall yield), the cleavage yield was of the 83%, and 4.7 mg of the title compound were obtained, which represented a 13% overall yield in cyclization, deprotection and purification steps.
• Example 15 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 15.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 17.6 min, Condition B) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 75 H 124 N 14 O 16 , 1,477.9. Found: m/z 1,479.3 [M+H] + , 1,501.2 [M+Na] + , 1,517.2 [M+K] + .
• the Fmoc-Thr(tBu)-O-TrtCl-resin was subjected to the following washings/treatments with CH 2 Cl 2 (3 ⁇ 0.5 min), DMF (3 ⁇ 0.5 min), piperidine-CH 2 Cl 2 -DMF (1:9.5:9.5, 1 ⁇ 10 min), piperidine-DMF (1:4, 1 ⁇ 15 min), DMF (5 ⁇ 0.5 min), isopropanol (2 ⁇ 1 min), DMF (5 ⁇ 0.5 min), MeOH (2 ⁇ 1 min), and dried over vacuum.
• the loading as calculated by AAA was 0.15 mmol/g.
• Fmoc-Pro-OH (178 mg, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv), Fmoc-D-Leu-OH (187 mg, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv), Fmoc-Phe-OH (204 mg, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv), Fmoc-D-Ser-OH (free hydroxy group) (173 mg, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv), Fmoc-Tyr(tBu)-OH (243 mg, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv), and 5-MeHex-OH (69 mg, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv) were added sequentially to the above obtained H-Thr(tBu)-O-TrtCl-resin using DIPCDI (82 ⁇ L, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv) and HOBt (81 mg, 0.53 mmol, 7 equiv) in DMF (1.25 mL).
• Boc-Gly-OH (119 mg, 0.68 mmol, 9 equiv) was coupled with DIPCDI (105 ⁇ L, 0.68 mmol, 9 equiv) in the presence of DMAP (8.3 mg, 68 ⁇ mol, 0.9 equiv) for 2.5 h. The coupling was repeated with fresh reagents for 1.5 h. The final loading was 0.10 mmol/g, which represented a 77% synthesis yield.
• the unprotected peptide was cleaved from the resin (525 mg, 54 ⁇ mol) by TFA-H 2 O (92:8) for 2 h.
• Kahalalide B [5-MeHex-Tyr-cyclo(D-Ser-Phe-D-Leu-Pro-Thr-Gly)].
• the unprotected peptide (Example 18) (40.5 mg, 45 ⁇ mol) was dissolved in DMF (48 mL), and PyBOP (70 mg, 0.135 mmol, 3 equiv) and DIEA (47 mL, 0.271 mmol, 6 equiv) were added. The mixture was allowed to stirr for 2 h, and then the solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure, H 2 O (5 mL) was added, and the solution lyophilized.
• the crude product was purified by medium pressure chromatography (Vydac C 18 15-20 ⁇ m, 300 ⁇ , 240 ⁇ 24 mm), linear gradient from 20% to 60% of acetonitrile (+0.05% TFA) in water (+0.05% TFA) in 5 h (300 mL each solvent), 120 mL/h, detection at 220 nm, to give the title product (8.7 mg, 9.9 ⁇ mol, 22% yield).
• the product was characterized by HPLC (Condition A, t R 21.6 min) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 45 H 63 N 7 O 11 , 877.5.
• Example 22 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 22.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 16.0 min, Condition B) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 72 H 118 N14O 16 , 1,435.9. Found: m/z 1,459.5 [M+Na] + , 1,475.5 [M+K] + .
• Example 23 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 23.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 17.0 min, Condition B) and ESMS, calcd for C 73 H 120 N 14 O 16 , 1,449.9. Found: m/z 1,473.3 [M+Na] + , 1,489.4 [M+K] + .
• Example 24 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 24.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 17.6 min, Condition B) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 74 H 122 N 14 O 16 , 1,463.9. Found: m/z 1,487.3 [M+Na] + , 1,503.3 [M+K] + .
• Example 25 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 25.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 17.8 min, Condition B) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 74 H 122 N 14 O 16 , 1,463-9. Found: m/z 1,487.8 [M+Na] + , 1,503.6 [M+K] + .
• Example 26 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 26.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 18.9 min, Condition B) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 75 H 124 N 14 O 16 , 1,477-9. Found: m/z 1,501.6 [M+Na] + , 1,517.7 [M+K] + .
• Example 27 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 27.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 23.2 min, Condition G) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 84 H 142 N 14 O 16 , 1,603.1. Found: m/z 1,626.8 [M+Na] + , 1,642.8 [M+K] + .
• Example 27e Obtained as a side product during the preparation (trifluoroacetylion during the cyclization step) of Example 27e.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 14.7 min, Condition B) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 70 H 111 F 3 N 14 O 16 , 1,460.8. Found: m/z 1,462.0 [M+H] + , 1,484.1 [M+Na] + , 1,500.0 [M+K] + .
• Example 27i Obtained as a side product during the preparation (trifluoroacetylion during the cyclization step) of Example 27i.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 17.1 min, Condition H) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 94 H 159 F 3 N 14 O 18 , 1,819.1. Found: m/z 1,820.6 [M+H] + , 1,842.6 [M+Na] + , 1,858.6 [M+K] + .
• Example 28 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 28.
• the product was characterized by HPLC (t R 12.9 min, Condition B) and MALDI-TOF-MS, calcd for C 68 H 112 N 14 O 15 , 1,364.8. Found: m/z 1,388.4 [M+Na] + , 1,404.4 [M+K] + .
• Example 29 Obtained as a side product during the preparation (racemization during the cyclization step) of Example 29.
• the product was characterized by HPLC and MALDI-TOF-MS.
• the bioactivity of compounds of this invention is demonstrated by the results in the following tables obtained in accordance with the methodology of Berjeron et al., Biochem and Bioph Res. Comm., 1984, 121, 3, 848-854.
• the cell lines are P388, murine lymphoma; A549, human lung carcinoma; HT-29, human colon carcinoma; MEL-28, human melanoma; DU-145, human prostate carcinoma.

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